The African Diaspora Film Festival, TransAfrica Forum, and The All Roads Film Project are presenting The Fifth Annual Washington D.C. African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF- D.C.), which will be held at National Geographic from July 22–25, 2010. For the fifth consecutive year, this outstanding event will feature a selection of independent films from around the [...]

Here is a review of Magnolia, a 1999 film by Paul Thomas Anderson, in which you will find the memorable line posted above. This review was posted 7 years ago, and I’m not sure if I can find numerological significance in that, but you will soon find out what Shane Hipps found by way of [...]

Fritz Lang’s 1927 film, Metropolis, including 25 minutes of “lost footage” discovered a couple of years ago by a cinema archivist in Buenos Aires, is touring the country this year thanks to Kino International, and then it will appear on DVD – Blu Ray in November of 2010. What an amazing film! Too bad it’s [...]

PBS Website The Making Of Dirt! The Movie Director/producer Gene Rosow talks about the book that inspired the film, the advantages of indie filmmaking, and attempting to write from the point of view of dirt itself. Independent Lens: What led you to make this film? Gene Rosow: One day a ragged dog-eared paperback copy of [...]

Beti Ellerson, Director of Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema, provides some interesting details on the burgeoning interest in animation film in Africa. By Beti Ellerson, Ph.D. African Women in Cinema Blog 27 February 2010 African Women and Animation Cinema Perhaps the most dominant image that comes to mind in [...]

In this article, Gil Guillory, engineer, petrochemical project manager, libertarian activist and entrepreneur, writes about the Paul GreenGrass film, The Green Zone, which he expects will resonate with viewers who liked the Bourne films. In The Green Zone, Matt Damon plays a weapons inspector in Iraq looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Green Zone Puts [...]

Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a noted economist and President of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, a historically Black College for women dating back to 1873, notes the racial stereotyping inherent in so many of Hollywood’s opportunities for African-American film artists. By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Oscar Setback: Personal Success, Community Setback NorthStar News March 9, 2010 [...]